Trap.



No. 834.539. PATENTED OCT. 30, 1'906.

0. s. 'UNDERWOOILV TRAP. APPLICATION FILED Dnc. 1a, 1905.

z SHEETS-SHEET i.

hwentoc 1Io.'834,539. PATBNTED OCT. 30, 1906.

o. s. UNDERwooD.

TRAP. APPLICATION FILED 1120.15, 1905.

s SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' acmmqs citizen of' the United States, residing et Pfifrnisrr entren.

l No. 834,539. Specification of Application filed December l Letters Patent.

8,1905. Serial No. 292.349.

lstented Qet. 353,

To all wlw'nt it H'trty/ curl/cern: 4

Beit known thet l., @DE S, UNDERWOOD, e.

Roseville, in the county oi Wer'ren, Stute of illinois, lieve invented certain new :ind use# ful iinprovements in Trzips 5 and l. do hereby declare the following to be :it full, clear, end exact description of the iiiventior such es willeneble others skilled in the frt to which, it eppertiiins to .ineke and use the seine.

B; This invention rela-tes to ei'iiniel-treps, und inore'perticularly to that class in which the enimel is gre-sped by e pair of spring-actuated 'awe A. 'urther object of the invention is to nrovide i durable construction of trap which Shell be ellicient in action end inexpensive to manufacture.

@tendency toward vertical swinging movement tewerd cec-h other.

As shown in Fig. Z1, the meeting cec-li of the jews nre straight, wlA opposite edges `are notched, :is et 21,

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plein view of my invention. Fig. 2 is e 5 verticel sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is e front elevation of my invention, showing e. different nienner of using the Fig. 4 is e vertical section through Fig. 3.

.Referring to the drawings, the nuinerel 5 substantially of annular form, resulting. 'in :i central opening 6. The annuler bese-plete 5 is provided et difini'etricelly opposite points upon. its outer edge with eers 7, esc-li et which is provided with lapertures 8, the seid beseplete being provided upon 'its outer edge and intermediate the eers 7 with e lip 9, provided With an :i erture 10 to receive zi chain or other suiteA le securing device. Arclied jews 11 and 12 ere provided with reduced ends 13 and 14, respectively, the said reduecdends being engaged in the corresponding apertures in the eers 7, whereby the seid jews are pivotally mounted.

lins 15 :tre mounted upon the annuler base-plete 5, one upon eri-cli side of one of the eers 7 end slightly in edvence of the sinne,- and to the seid pins are secured the ends of the wire spring 16, the seid spring including periillel side members 17 and e connecting ight' portion. 1S und being provided with coils 20 between the seid side portion 17 end the ends of the spring. The'normel tendencyv of the spring is toward vertical moveni ent, end. the end ortions of the pair of jews 11 being disposed .ietwcen the side members between the eers 24 of the breeiret denotes the brise-plete ol" the trap, `which is inwardly toward the center of the opening "ci, und upon the upper edge of seid erre is mounted e plete 26. Pivoted in the eper ture in the other of' the eers 2d is e detent which is arranged to engage with its iree end beneath e. lug 28, :formed on the upper edge of the erin 25.

In operation one of the jews is forced detent 27 is engaged over the seid jet/v eno'.

under the seid lug on the erin. This serves to depress the spring und allows the other jew to assume subste. ity the seine position upon the opposite side ei' thel trap. liroin the foregoing it will be seen that en animal trending upon thev plete 26 will. bev

its neelr caught between the :lewe ot the seid tra 'll he trap, when used as in l'fige hung in. iront of e. hole in the ground, so t" en eniniel leeving the seit .itil ole will tree-r .aging 'the seid upon the plete 26, thereby sprii jews.

What is claimed is-n 1, 1n e device of the class described,

Si bese-plete, e spring secured et its end to bese-plete end including side memoeis, une. a. coi'ineeting bight portion1 sa spring being coiled intermediate its ends end the seid side members, jewspivoted to said brise-plete und lin-ving their end portions engeged between the seid side members of seid spring, sind detent arranged to hold one of seid jewsi position to be sprung.

2. A device ofthe class described coniprising a. bese-plete, jaws pivoted tothe 17 of the spring the seid jews also lieve u. i plete, e spring arranged to force the seid'juws Aioint i contact with the side members i? oie geV 'i CO tions engaged between the said side members of said sprlng, amd a detent arranged to hold one of said jaws in position t'o be sprung.

Im testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ODE S. UNDERWOOD.

Witnesses:

DoN V. UNDEmvooD, RUFUs LANCE. 

